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The Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP) is a national clinical audit programme run by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership on behalf of NHS England and the Welsh Government. Our work aims to improve the care that patients with fragility fractures receive in hospital and after discharge and to reduce inpatient falls. At present, 300,000 fragility fractures occur each year in the UK including 70,000 hip fractures. Over 2,000 of these are experienced by hospital inpatients.

The audit programme currently has a Scientific review group, who review applications for research studies to use audit data. However, an opportunity has been identified to explore new ways of using the data and encouraging new applications for the use of data. The audit data has the potential to drive further research around osteoporosis and fragility fractures, not to mention supporting service and healthcare quality improvement. The Scientific advisory group has been created to make best use of FFFAP data to improve health outcomes, through condition specific and population level studies. This large volume of data is currently underutilised, which is why the scientific advisory group is being created to promote the data use to improve health outcomes, through condition specific and population level studies.  

Purpose and scope

Aims of the Scientific advisory group

  • To promote the use of FFFAP data for new research to support service improvement activity
  • To champion the use of existing research and explore different ways this can be used
  • Explore opportunities for local quality improvement activity to be used as proof of concept and become the basis of national research
  • To contribute towards wider FFFAP activity where it is relevant to research, such as identifying where research gaps can be highlighted in national reports
  • To facilitate new areas of research using FFFAP data and promote research opportunities through collaboration with external stakeholders.

About you

We are looking for a variety of skills and experiences to support the aims of this group, to include the following:

  • Research experience in falls and fragility fracture data or population level data
  • An appreciation for information governance and it’s legislation within healthcare, clinical audit and research
  • An interest and experience in healthcare improvement and clinical audit
  • Clinicians and allied health professionals with experience of falls and fragility fractures, currently practising clinically or in medical management or academia
  • An interest in improving health and healthcare, and an awareness of current health and social care issues.

For more information on this role, please view the job description at the bottom of this page.

How to apply

To apply, please submit a short cover letter (maximum one side of A4) via email to fffap@rcp.ac.uk

Please outline why you are interested in joining the falls and fragility fracture audit programme’s scientific advisory group and how your skills and experience meet one or more of the criteria being sought for this group.

Further details about the group and time commitments are available in the role description.

If you have any queries about the application process or the role, please email fffap@rcp.ac.uk 

Closing date: 30/11/2025

Shortlisted candidates will be notified by: 15/12/2025

The RCP positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

The RCP is all about our people – our members, staff, volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. Welcoming into our community people who represent the 21st-century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is a priority for us.

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The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a rewarding and friendly place to work with an incredible history, dating back to our foundation in 1518 by King Henry VIII. We are a professional membership body for physicians – doctors who work in hospitals – with over 40,000 members in the UK and around the world working to improve patient care and reduce illness. Our activities focus on educating, improving and influencing for better health and care.

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